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4 | ASPIRE
,
Winter 2009
R E A D E R R E S P O N S E
I enjoyed the article on the St. Anthony Falls
Bridge in ASPIRE™ (Fall 2008). I admire
the effort and achievement in completing this
mega project in less then 1/5th the time of a
normal construction schedule and I agree it
was a monumental accomplishment of all
involved.
Sumiden Wire Products Corporation
supplied all the prestressing steel strand
used in this project and performed flawlessly
under extremely difficult circumstances. We
were given the contract in January 2008
and originally told we needed to supply the
prestressing steel strand over a 12-month
period beginning February 2008. Shortly
thereafter, we were asked to condense the
schedule and supply the entire contract by
June 2008.
T h i s a c c e l e r a t e d s c h e d u l e w o u l d b e
difficult in a normal steel market but 2008
was far from normal. Nevertheless, despite
steel shortages and sky rocketing steel prices
Sumiden Wire Products Corporation met the
challenge.
Jeff Feitler
V.P. Sales & Marketing
Sumiden Wire Products Corporation
Stockton, Calif.
I just received my fall issue of ASPIRE
magazine and wanted to thank you for
considering Franklin County and me to
contribute an article.
Keep up the excellent work of your
magazine and let us know if we can ever be
of assistance in the future.
James A. Pajk
Franklin County Deputy Engineer, Bridges
Columbus, Ohio
Lane Avenue Bridge over the Olentangy River.
I-35W St. Anthony Falls Bridge.
Photo: ©FIGG
